Theatre of Blood

This is a dangerous activity in an instance.

On death, Hardcore Ironmen will lose their status.
Items will be protected on death, however
items left on the ground will always be lost.

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All information on mechanics and strategy will be on this page.

Theatre of Blood
File:Theatre of Blood logo.png
Also called		Raids 2, ToB
Released		N/A (Update)
Type		Raid
Members		N/A
Location		Ver Sinhaza
Participants		1-5
Skills		Combat
Reward currency		None
Tutorial		No
Music		See below

The Theatre of Blood is a raid located beneath the castle of Ver Sinhaza and can be accessed by teleporting there via the Minigames teleport through the Spellbook tab which then will take you to the Player Panel. You can also utilize the command ::tob to teleport directly to the raids location.

Mechanics

Bosses

File:Audio options icon.png	Wave complete
The jingle that plays once a boss has been defeated.
File:Theatre of Blood - wave complete.ogg

The Theatre of Blood is a linear raid. Thus, there is no randomization involved, and the bosses will always be encountered in this order.

1. The Maiden of Sugadinti (level-940)
2. Pestilent Bloat (level-870)
3. Nylocas Vasilias (level-800)
4. Sotetseg (level-995)
5. Xarpus (level-960)
6. Verzik Vitur (level-1040, final boss)

The bosses will also have their hitpoints scaled depending on the team size. With a team of three or fewer players the bosses will have 75% of their original hitpoints, with four players the bosses will have 87.5% of their original hitpoints and a team of five players will leave the bosses' hitpoints unchanged.

Death within the Theatre

If players die within the theatre, they are placed outside the fighting area, and can only proceed if other team members succeed in completing the current challenge.

Dying in the Theatre of Blood is a dangerous death - Hardcore Ironmen who die within the theatre will lose their Hardcore status, regardless of whether the team successfully completes the challenges or not. Any disconnection or logout during a fight is treated as a death, and will likewise result in loss of Hardcore status. Should a player logout when not in an encounter, such as in the hallways of the theatre, the player's death will be treated as a safe death. Upon logging back in to an unsafe death, the game will attempt to reunite the player with their party and, if successful, will place the player in purgatory.

Other modes

Entry Mode

Main article: Theatre of Blood/Entry Mode

An easy variant of the Theatre of Blood intended for beginners to warm themselves up and gain experience before attempting the Theatre in Normal Mode. Every enemy encountered is significantly weaker than their Normal Mode counterparts and the mechanics themselves are adjusted to be less fatal.

Similarly to the Chambers of Xeric and Tombs of Amascut (without death-changing invocations), players have unlimited attempts at the bosses. If the team wipes in a room, they will be given bandages.

As a result of being easier than Normal Mode, raids completed in this manner give 80% less loot than Normal Mode, with no chance of obtaining any unique item, including the Lil' zik pet.

Hard Mode

Main article: Theatre of Blood/Hard Mode

A hard variant of the Theatre of Blood is also available for players up to the challenge. Similarly to the Chambers of Xeric "Challenge Mode", all enemies in the Theatre of Blood are significantly stronger, this time with new or modified mechanics in play.

Teams are also awarded with 15% more common drops when received (with an additional 15% if the raid is completed within the challenge time), along with a 13% chance of obtaining unique items (compared to the standard 11%), with the avernic defender hilt being less common in Hard Mode than Normal Mode in order to make the other uniques slightly more common.

Rewards

Main article: Monumental chest

File:Verzik's treasure vault.png

Verzik Vitur's treasure vault.

Upon defeating Verzik Vitur, a trapdoor will open under her throne, leading to her treasure vault.

Inside will be up to five large chests based on the amount of players in the team, with each player being able to loot one chest. An arrow will point to which chest is for that player to search.

If a unique reward is obtained, a purple aura will emit from the chest, much like how the ray of light turns purple for the player who obtains a unique reward in the Chambers of Xeric. If no unique reward is found, the chest will contain three rolls from the common drop table. Of the unique rewards that players can obtain from the chest include:

• Avernic defender hilt, used to upgrade the dragon defender
• Pieces of the Justiciar armour:
  • Justiciar faceguard
  • Justiciar chestguard
  • Justiciar legguards
• Ghrazi rapier
• Sanguinesti staff
• Scythe of vitur
• Black tourmaline core
• Ancestral imbue scroll
• Blood shard

Players can earn Sinhaza shrouds through repeated completions of the Theatre, claimed from the Mysterious Stranger.

Accolade	Earned at
Sinhaza shroud tier 1	100 completions of Normal/Hard mode
Sinhaza shroud tier 2	500 completions of Normal/Hard mode
Sinhaza shroud tier 3	1000 completions of Normal/Hard mode
Sinhaza shroud tier 4	1500 completions of Normal/Hard mode
Sinhaza shroud tier 5	2000 completions of Normal/Hard mode

Performance & records

Performance Details

File:Theatre of Blood - Performance Details.png

Performance Details for a performance within the Theatre of Blood.

Upon entering the treasure vault, players may read the strategy table by the grand bookshelves to view the overall performance of the team, while spectators can read the war table to view it.

Here, players may view the death counts of each team member, the total deaths in the performance, as well as the time spent in each wave.

The Most Valuable Player (MVP) is listed on the top of the interface, and is determined based on the performance of the individual player, such as damage dealt and the number of deaths.

The challenge time (the time spent fighting the bosses) and the overall time, which includes the time spent between waves, can be seen on the bottom of the interface.

Scoreboard

File:Theatre of Blood scoreboard.png

The Theatre of Blood scoreboard found next to the entrance of the theatre.

Next to the entrance to the Theatre of Blood is a scoreboard, which displays personal and global statistics for the Theatre of Blood, such as number of attempts, number of completions, number of deaths, and completion times.

Music unlocked

Players are not required to participate in the raid to unlock all of the music, and may spectate one to do so.

Name	Unlock details	Music track
Welcome to the Theatre	Unlocked at Ver Sinhaza	File:Welcome to the Theatre.ogg
The Maiden's Sorrow	Unlocked in The Maiden of Sugadinti's arena	File:The Maiden's Sorrow.ogg
The Maiden's Anger	Unlocked during the fight with The Maiden of Sugadinti	File:The Maiden's Anger.ogg
Welcome to my Nightmare	Unlocked in the Pestilent Bloat's arena	File:Welcome to my Nightmare.ogg
The Nightmare Continues	Unlocked during the fight with the Pestilent Bloat	File:The Nightmare Continues.ogg
Dance of the Nylocas	Unlocked in the Nylocas' nest	File:Dance of the Nylocas.ogg
Arachnids of Vampyrium	Unlocked during the fight in the Nylocas' nest	File:Arachnids of Vampyrium.ogg
The Dark Beast Sotetseg	Unlocked in Sotetseg's arena	File:The Dark Beast Sotetseg.ogg
Power of the Shadow Realm	Unlocked during the fight with Sotetseg	File:Power of the Shadow Realm.ogg
Predator Xarpus	Unlocked in Xarpus' arena	File:Predator Xarpus.ogg
Last King of the Yarasa	Unlocked during the fight with Xarpus	File:Last King of the Yarasa.ogg
It's not over 'til...	Unlocked upon entering Verzik Vitur's throne room	File:It's not over 'til....ogg
The Fat Lady Sings	Unlocked during the battle with Verzik Vitur	File:The Fat Lady Sings.ogg
The Curtain Closes	Unlocked upon entering Verzik Vitur's treasure vault	File:The Curtain Closes.ogg

Trivia

• The names for many of the monsters in the raid mostly come from eastern and south-eastern European words:

Name	Original word	Meaning
Ver Sinhaza	Vér Színháza	Hungarian for "Theatre of Blood"
The Maiden of Sugadinti	Sugadinti	Lithuanian for "ruin" (verb)
Nylocas	Nyolcas	Hungarian for "eight"
Nylocas Athanatos	ἀθάνατος (transliterated as "athánatos")	Greek for "undying" or "immortal"
Nylocas Hagios	ἅγιος (transliterated as "ágios")	Greek for "holy" or "saintlike"
Nylocas Ischyros	ἰσχυρός (transliterated as "ischyrós")	Greek for "strong" or "mighty"
Nylocas Matomenos	ματωμένος (transliterated as "matoménos")	Greek for "bloody" or "bleeding"
Nylocas Prinkipas	πρίγκιπας (transliterated as "prínkipas")	Greek for "prince"
Nylocas Toxobolos	τοξοβόλος (transliterated as "toxovólos")	Greek for "archery"
Nylocas Vasilias	βασιλιάς (transliterated as "vasiliás")	Greek for "king"
Sotetseg	Sötétség	Hungarian for "darkness"
Yarasa (the name of Xarpus's race)	Yarasa	Turkish for "bat"
Verzik Vitur	Vérzik	Hungarian for "bleeding"